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people who come from the peasant background it was not from a political movement that toward the free environment of the city that is what most people did been in the process some became politicized. >> host: they thought they would be markedly different. >> guest: that they would not be murdered for taking a stand in the relatively free environment they could create the conditions for the modern movement. >> host: talk about the movement and snic and others. who were the people that moved the most? king comment now, x, john lewis, stokely carmichael? >> all of the above. i tried to explain to students rosa parks made more to mr. king possible. not vice versa. if she did not do what she had done margin mr. king would be inarticulate well-meaning baptist minister. because of rosa parks we talk about him today. she opened up the possibility to open those qualities to rise to the equation. >> host: while she refused to give up her seat she was thinking of the 14 year-old black boy from chicago who went to mississippi because he whistled at a white woman was brutally murdered. to that change your spa
people who come from the peasant background it was not from a political movement that toward the free environment of the city that is what most people did been in the process some became politicized. >> host: they thought they would be markedly different. >> guest: that they would not be murdered for taking a stand in the relatively free environment they could create the conditions for the modern movement. >> host: talk about the movement and snic and others. who were the...
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you moved toward the freer environment of the city. you moved from the south to the north. that is what most people did. in the process of doing that some of them became politicized. >> host: because they expected things to be markedly different in the north. they didn't think racism existed in the north. >> guest: in the north they are not going to be murdered for taking a stand. and so in a relatively freer environment they are able to create the conditions for the modern movement. >> host: talk about some of the people of the movement. there is sncc and the clc and the others. who were the people who most move things? was a king? king? was it malcolm x? was at the death of medgar evers? was a stokely carmichael or john lewis? >> guest: all of them have different roles. one of the ways in which i try to explain to students that parks made martin luther king possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give seat on that montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate well meaning baptist minister. is because of rosa parks that we are talk
you moved toward the freer environment of the city. you moved from the south to the north. that is what most people did. in the process of doing that some of them became politicized. >> host: because they expected things to be markedly different in the north. they didn't think racism existed in the north. >> guest: in the north they are not going to be murdered for taking a stand. and so in a relatively freer environment they are able to create the conditions for the modern...
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i grew up in an environment where we did tend to look to the west for support or help but i have a lot of friends who grew up on the other side of the divide who don't see the u.s. the way my friends or my family do. but it comes with sharp elbows sometimes and big motorcades. and big fortresses as indices. that can be a bit grating on the local population. so it was really interesting for perhaps revealing for me to be on the other side all of a sudden. it's a totally different person to which to look at the issue and look at the issue, to look at my own country. and i arrived. i'm in a convoy and i'm sitting there in the convoy and just a few cars ahead of me is another car. in the same motorcades surrounded by escort. there is the secretary of state and there's jeffrey spellman who is now secretary of state for the state department used to be ambassador to beirut. it was his convoy that used to people in beirut. they used to annoy me when i was stuck at an intersection waiting for him to drive through. and i think it's always worth remembering that you have to try to look at things
i grew up in an environment where we did tend to look to the west for support or help but i have a lot of friends who grew up on the other side of the divide who don't see the u.s. the way my friends or my family do. but it comes with sharp elbows sometimes and big motorcades. and big fortresses as indices. that can be a bit grating on the local population. so it was really interesting for perhaps revealing for me to be on the other side all of a sudden. it's a totally different person to which...
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do have a professional diplomatic corps as professional diplomats that know how to operate in that environment. and you like to think the goal was conflict resolution and peace without war in the u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends, how to make decisions and how to negotiate, and it's not. so much in terms of personal satisfaction and their vision is the most important and sometimes it is where you think the power is that it's not and that is the dark side of i think a lot of this. there is also the problem insiders define in many ways where they are a down the the president or the secretary of state, secretary clinton certainly has hurt in fighters. every secretary of state has. sometimes they consult with the professionals. >> sometimes the principles they operate on think about the election, think about the interest groups you don't want to aggravate. it has that layer it's difficult to deal with. let's start with very basic questions if we can. you talk a lot about the different influences based on the military feeding into this picture and the professional diplomatic corps
do have a professional diplomatic corps as professional diplomats that know how to operate in that environment. and you like to think the goal was conflict resolution and peace without war in the u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends, how to make decisions and how to negotiate, and it's not. so much in terms of personal satisfaction and their vision is the most important and sometimes it is where you think the power is that it's not and that is the dark side of i think a lot of...
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you have generals are professionals and diplomats and know how to operate in an environment. and you'd like to think that the goal is conflict resolution in peace without war. u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends. how to initiate. >> right. >> it is not. so much in terms of personal satisfaction, the deal is of the players involved and their vision and their view is the most important and sometimes it is where you sit. sometimes it is not. and that is the dockside. i think a lot of this. and there's also a problem of insiders defining the need for waste. the insiders are around the president or around the secretary of state. every secretary of state has their insiders. every president has. sometimes the consult with the professionals, sometimes they don't. exactly. and sometimes the principles that they operate on do not upset many things. think about the election. there is always an election coming. think about interest groups that you don't want to aggravate. adds a layer which is very difficult to deal with. so let's start with some of these very basic questi
you have generals are professionals and diplomats and know how to operate in an environment. and you'd like to think that the goal is conflict resolution in peace without war. u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends. how to initiate. >> right. >> it is not. so much in terms of personal satisfaction, the deal is of the players involved and their vision and their view is the most important and sometimes it is where you sit. sometimes it is not. and that is the dockside. i...
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i grew up in many an environment -- in an environment where we did tend to look to the west for support or help, but i have a lot of friends who grew up on the other side of the divide who don't see the u.s. the way my friends or my family do. but inevitably, america's a superpower, and it comes with sharp elbows sometimes and big motorcades and big fortresses as embassies. and that can be a bit grating on the local population. so it was really interesting or perhaps, um, revealing for me to be on the other side all of a sudden. it's just a totally different prism through which to look at the issue, to look at the eshoo, the to look at my own country. and i arrived, you know, i'm in the convoy, and i'm sitting there in the convoy and just a few cars ahead of me is another car in that same motorcade surrounded by security escort. this is the secretary of state, and there is jeffrey feldman, um, who is now assistant secretary of state at the state department who used to be ambassador to beirut, and it was his convoy that used to annoy people in beirut, that used to annoy me when i was stu
i grew up in many an environment -- in an environment where we did tend to look to the west for support or help, but i have a lot of friends who grew up on the other side of the divide who don't see the u.s. the way my friends or my family do. but inevitably, america's a superpower, and it comes with sharp elbows sometimes and big motorcades and big fortresses as embassies. and that can be a bit grating on the local population. so it was really interesting or perhaps, um, revealing for me to be...
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some of the relatively freer environment, they're able to create conditions for the modern is that. >> host: talk about some of the people of the movement. who were the people who most of those things? was a king, mathematics, and death of avarice, stokely carmichael? >> guest: all of them had different roles in the movement pier one at the ways in which i tried to explain to students is rosa parks made the cooking possible. martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she had done what she did for refusing to give up her seat on that last, martin luther king would've simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that were talking about him today. she opened up the possibility for him to display those qualities that he had been to rise to the occasion. >> host: she also said russia was sitting on the best refusing to give up her seat, she was thinking about emmett till, the 14th of black way from chicago who went to mississippi in 1855 and because he was a better way women, was brutally murdered. to think his death changed or start anyt
some of the relatively freer environment, they're able to create conditions for the modern is that. >> host: talk about some of the people of the movement. who were the people who most of those things? was a king, mathematics, and death of avarice, stokely carmichael? >> guest: all of them had different roles in the movement pier one at the ways in which i tried to explain to students is rosa parks made the cooking possible. martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she...
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you even have generals who are professionals as diplomats that know how to operate in that environment. and you like to think that the goal is conflict resolution and peace without war, advancing u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends. how to make concessions, how to negotiate. >> guest: right. >> host: and not. and it's not. there's so much in terms of personal satisfaction; the egos of the players involved and their vision and their view is the most important. and sometimes it's where you sit that the power is, and sometimes it's not. and that's the dark side of, i think, a lot of this. i think there's also the problem insiders can be defined in many different ways. you know, the insiders that are around a president or around the secretary of state. secretary clinton, certainly, had her insiders. every secretary of state has. every president has. and sometimes they consult with the professionals, and sometimes they don't. >> guest: right. >> host: exactly. and sometimes the principles they operate on don't upset anything -- >> guest: that's right. >> host: think about the
you even have generals who are professionals as diplomats that know how to operate in that environment. and you like to think that the goal is conflict resolution and peace without war, advancing u.s. interests and those of our allies and friends. how to make concessions, how to negotiate. >> guest: right. >> host: and not. and it's not. there's so much in terms of personal satisfaction; the egos of the players involved and their vision and their view is the most important. and...